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Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC) in the South Australian school system

The aim of the WEC is to help teachers, school leaders and policy makers better understand and support the wellbeing and engagement of their students.

Social support helps protects against depressed mood in adolescence

The goals of the current study were to identify different trajectories of sadness from Grade 6 to 9 in Australian school students, and to explore the role that social support from school, teachers, friends and families play in supporting students’ mental health.

Child development at school entry and student wellbeing six years later

It has been well established that children's development at school entry is associated with their later academic achievement, but less is known about whether there is also an association with other measures of school success, such as students' social and emotional wellbeing.

Associate Professor Yasmin Harman-Smith

Head, Early Years Systems Evidence

Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation

Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation

Study protocol for the evaluation of an Infant Simulator based program delivered in schools:

This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a school based program developed to prevent teenage

Evaluation of the processes of family-centred care for young children with intellectual disability in Western Australia

Government early intervention services for children with intellectual disability (ID) in Western Australia have adopted the model of family-centred care.

Review of Inclusive Preschool Program

Yasmin Harman-Smith BA, BHlthSc(Hons), MTeach(Primary), PhD Head, Early Years Systems Evidence Yasmin.harman-smith@thekids.org.au Head, Early Years

The Early Childhood Education Project in Lao PDR

Researchers in the Child Health, Development and Education Team support a number of projects financed by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education to promote early learning and development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).